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“

Stand up, warrior; you are not yet finished.
Beaten you may be, but broken?
Angels have fallen from greater heights
and survived, so why shouldn’t you?
Never mind what you are made of;
you are more than this flesh that binds you.
There is nothing you have to fear
that should not fear you a thousand times more.
Your heart is a galaxy, and your soul is lined in stars.

You are something extraordinary, my dear.

”

so do extraordinary things | m.a.w — commission for @bearholdingashark​ of finding courage (via dvoyd)

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jq37:

I’d like to believe that the reason that the Amazons have the most EXTRA fighting style in existence is because they’re a warrior people with no war to fight so instead of just doing basic training like normal people, Antiope is like, “And now I’m going to teach you how to BACKFLIP off of a MOVING HORSE,” because they have to fill their time somehow. 

#diana: why won’t you let me train as a warrior if we’re never going to go to war anyway? #antiope in the distance: LET’S TRY THAT AGAIN BUT THIS TIME ON FIRE #hippolyta: …i have my reasons (via @yesokayiknow)

From a similar-minded comments thread on io9:

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Spaceman_99 gets it.  

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dukeofbookingham:

your-naked-magic-oh-dear-lord:

pugsarelub:

seaymph:

I want to make you feel like a humid Southern night, where the Spanish moss drips from the trees like lace, and honeysuckle buds perfume the air. Sticky, glistening skin. Sultry and forever.

and fifty dozen mosquitos are sucking your body dry and cicadas scream so loud you can never sleep and watch where your honeysuckle ass steps or you’ll plant your foot on a pissed off copperhead

One person is from the south. One person isn’t. Guess which.

I know this has nothing to do with books but LOL

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docmancain:

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transmothwoman:

youtube Swordman standing up to gender roles

while you were living under gender roles, i studied the blade

Men are on average more muscular than women and can wield heavier weapons more easily, so it’s a practical advantage for the woman to prefer the rapier and the man to prefer the longsword. Gender roles? I’d rather win than try to “rebel for rebellion’s sake” and lose.

surprise both swords were used in totally different time periods for totally different purposes and this is a joke post no one cares

Not to mention long sword vs. rapier. The rapier has more speed and precision then the long sword. The long sword is crazy heavy for a hand held weapon and would quickly die.

Several Of The Above Points Are Shit-Wrong And I’m Going To Tell You Why: A Point By Point Dissection By Me

Point 1: “Both swords were used in totally different time periods for totally different purposes.”

Partially right.  A rapier is indeed suited to a different fighting style than a longsword.  The slender, blade with a highly developed tip makes the rapier an amazing thrusting weapon, designed to pierce through the holes in chainmail or the seams between plates.  They can be used to cut, but their primary focus is to thrust.  A longsword, however, has a much thicker and heavier blade as well as a longer hilt that gives it the ability to be wielded in one OR two hands (it’s often referred to as a ‘hand-and-a-half’ sword because of this) enabling it the leverage and strength to cut (or bash, but that’s far less ideal as it could damage the blade) far more easily.

Rapier:

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Longsword: 

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HOWEVER, there was at the very least a large period of overlap in the uses of longswords and rapiers.  The difference in their utility (besides cutting vs thrusting, the longsword was largely a military weapon and the rapier was largely a civilian weapon and for dueling) saw to it that they could coexist.  The longsword as we know it has been found to date back at least to the 14th century, if not earlier and was used in sporting duels and tournaments up until the 16th if not the 17th century (though its military use ended long before its sport use did).  The rapier was first created (or at least first recognized by scholars as being created) around 1500 in Spain.  Even if we take only the centuries during which they saw the most use (longsword = 14th-16th cent. and rapier = 16th-17th cent.) there was still a whole century of overlap.

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Point 2: Rapiers are lighter than Longswords (and also the point that longswords are “crazy heavy for a hand-held weapon”).

This is wrong.  Rapiers are, on average, around 2-ish lbs (1kg).  Longswords are also, on average, around 2-ish lbs (1kg).  This is for your STANDARD LONGSWORD, a hand-and-a-half sword that can comfortably be wielded in either one or two hands.  Of course, both can reach higher or lower weights, but the top of the weight range for them tends to be around 4 lbs.  The heavy fuckers you’re probably referring to are true 2-handed swords, such as the montante or the zweihander.  Even then, they don’t get too much above 7 or 8 lbs.  You know what weighs around 7 or 8 lbs usually?  Most newborn babies.

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(in order top to bottom: a 1-handed sword, a longsword, a montante)

For reference, other hand-held weapons?  Shotguns run between 5 and 8 or more lbs.  An M60 machine gun?  Around 23 lbs.  Handguns are between 2-4 lbs.

So yes, a longsword is heavy…when you’re comparing it to, like, a knife or to not wielding anything.

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Point 3: Larger weapons are slower.

No

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REALLY

aren’t.  

That’s a video-game-ism so that 1) you don’t feel like shit when you get wrecked by an opponent wielding a fuck-off huge sword and 2) they don’t have to program in proper form, technique, and handling of said sword.

Point 4: “Women can’t wield longswords.”

Really now?

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(Have some more videos because tumblr won’t let me embed any more.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3o5sFI56V8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nzpvVuSwc0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bE4v6e6iss

Thank you.

Longswords just aren’t that heavy. They really are not. A good one balances in the hand and feels almost effortless to hold. They are a real pleasure to handle and I think everyone should get the chance to do so at least once just to understand what I mean.

Shitty wallhangers are fuckoff heavy, but that’s because they are made from crappy materials, are not properly shaped/tapered, are too thick, are poorly balanced so they feel even heavier than they are, and were never actually intended to be *used*.

Now, within the modern field of western martial arts women are often pushed towards rapier and subtly discouraged from longsword. The weight and strength issue is raised, and there is concern from their male opponents about women getting hurt–rapier thrusts tend to land softer because the blade flexes, while longsword cuts tend to leave more bruising and risk more damage, especially in organizations that have very different rules for rapier and longsword.

But as a woman who was pushed into rapier and smallsword for a decade before discovering that longsword was her true passion, I am glad to see people disputing this gender divide.

A whole slew of excellent points here 🏳️‍🌈😊⚔💋

I’m just here for the sweet sweet Claymore action

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heterophobicflint:

marriage seems so risky like what if you get married & you’re in the car afterwards heading to your honeymoon & you go to put on some music for the background & the person you just swore to spend the rest of your life with comes out with, ‘oh, I don’t really care for the Prince of Egypt soundtrack, can you play something else?’ how do you live with that

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A COMPLETE LIST OF DOGS WHO HAVE LICKED ME IN THE PAST TWO DAYS

- a small white dog outside a cafe. as soon as i stopped, it gave me a “pay attention to me!” bark, then darted under the table, wagging its tail. the owner told me, “she’s shy at first, but once she figures out you’ll pet her, she’s happy.” i bent down and told her i couldn’t pet her if she was under the table, silly, at which point she darted back out and started licking and snuffling me happily while i pet her

- an INCREDIBLY TINY black yorkie mix in the street. the owner said she was very friendly, and when i knelt down, she *bounced* up to me, never actually managing to get higher than my ankles. then she spun around in happy circles while i pet her and licked my entire hands and halfway up my forearm, which required more bouncing, of course. everything requires more bouncing and i’m glad to say that puppy understood.

- a large black pit bull at the farmer’s market, who was still in the “everything is interesting!!!” stage of puppyness, and therefore was torn between wanting to be pet and wanting to sniff things. he gave me that eyes-half-closed doggy smile when i started petting him, though, and then licked my hands very enthusiastically, before turning away to sniff a tent pole with great curiosity. the owner said sometimes people cross the street to avoid him when they see him bc they’re afraid of pits. this made me sad, because he was the friendliest happiest puppy in the world and i want him to feel loved. judging by his enjoyment of tent-pole-sniffing, i think he’s doing okay.

- a large speckled brown dog, also at the farmer’s market, who was enjoying a nap in the sun when i first passed her booth. the second time i came through, she snuffled at me, and then stood up (with surprising smoothness) and politely put her front paws on my chest to lick my arm and attempt to lick my face. i said “don’t lick my face, please” so she contented herself with a lot of happy snuffling.

NOTE: this is NOT a comprehensive list of dogs i have PET, only the ones that LICKED me.